After Jia Ke was rejected by the court, he reluctantly started his farming life. Based on the previous ones, he redistributed all the troops in Xuanfu Town.
With this allocation, Jia Ke redistributed the troops that each commander was responsible for. This deprived each commander of the army's control in disguise, and further strengthened his control over Xuanfu Town on the basis of the previous one.
control.
At the same time, the soldiers under each command were once again intensively trained. This time the training made these soldiers no different from the direct lineage under Jia Ke.
In addition, Tang Kuai's agents began to infiltrate the grassland with ease. Due to the battles on the grassland, most of the supplies that the tribes lacked were solved by Tang Kuai's people. This is what these agents
You can go deep into various tribes in the grassland.
Jia Ke now not only knows the location of each tribe on the grassland, but also knows all the water sources on the grassland. These water sources are important bargaining chips for Jia Ke to go north to the grassland in the future.
Tang Kuai drew an accurate map of the geography of the grassland based on the information he gathered. Most of the map extended to the north for more than three thousand miles. The largest part extended to the north for more than five thousand miles. Now with the help of
With this map, Jia Ke no longer has to worry about getting lost on the grassland.
As for the commanders and civil and military officials in Xuanfu Town, Jia Ke also fulfilled his promise. Now almost all of them have invested a lot of money into Tang Kuai's trading company, and Tang Kuai has not let them down.
Individuals will always be given a few thousand taels of silver. It is much better than the days of drinking soldiers' blood. At least now there is no need to worry about it, and the way to get money is all open and honest.
The soldiers under Jia Ke's command have also received many benefits over the years. The most important thing is that all military pay has been paid out on time, unlike in the past where the maximum they received was only 40 to 50%. After the pay is paid in full, this can at least guarantee that the family
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Three years have passed in a flash, and now Jia Ke can be said to be the local tyrant of Xuanfu Town. He not only controls all the main roads leading to the grassland from Xuanfu Town, but also relies on these roads to control the grassland continuously.
Transporting various materials, playing both sides of the fence between the two major forces in the grassland, earning a lot of profits.
And it made the war on the grassland even more cruel. The original weapons were insufficient, and even due to the lack of iron materials, bows and arrows could only use bone arrowheads. The iron arrowheads owned by various grassland ministries were in large quantities. But what Jia Ke got was money and slaves, which made
The Manchu Eight Banners further expanded and now have a population of more than 500,000, which is fully capable of competing with the two major forces on the grassland.
But in the capital, the Rongguo Mansion seems to be moving forward in an orderly manner according to the script that has been arranged. First, Jia Yuanchun was sent by Mrs. Wang to draft a girl, but this time it was different from the one in the novel. She was not a fifth-rank official.
She was sent as her daughter, and she was sent as the sister of Jia Ke, Marquis of Wuyang and the Jiedushi of Xuanfu Town.
This was her identity, and Shuoran was a lot more noble. Therefore, she did not slowly climb up the palace as an ordinary maid like in the novel. Instead, she was directly given to the third prince as a concubine, which made the Jia family
It regained its glory in the capital.
Because there are three princes inside and Jia Ke outside, although Jia Zheng, the head of the Jia Mansion, is only a fifth-rank Yuanwailang, he has some say in the capital, and many dignitaries in the capital want to give him some face.
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Because Jia Zheng's power has been improved, some foreign officials have begun to send him ice and carbon tributes. Although they are all inconspicuous officials and the number is not large, this is enough to make Jia Zheng excited.
Yes. After all, Jia Zheng has never received such attention in so many years.
If there is anything unsatisfactory, it is that Jia Zhu was still unsatisfactory in the examination room. He failed again in the provincial examination. This time he was still carried out because his body was too weak.
Worse.
Jia Zheng now feels a little disappointed with Jia Zhu. He originally thought that his two sons, one civil and one military, would support each other in the end. No matter where they go, the other one can help. But now Jia Zhu's
This performance made him focus entirely on Jia Ke. Because the current status of the two sons was really far apart.
Seeing this situation, Mrs. Wang had no choice but to believe what the old doctor said back then, so she made plans to marry Jia Zhu a wife, hoping to continue the family line for Jia Zhu. In the end, she chose after many choices.
The Imperial Academy held a wine ceremony for Li Wan, the daughter of Li Shouzhong. Finally, Jia Zheng found out about this, and instead of objecting, Jia Zheng was very supportive.
Because Jia Zheng has always valued literati, when Jia Ke got engaged, he wanted to betroth the daughter of the Imperial Academy Jijiu to his son Jia Zhu. But as time went by, it was delayed, and now the candidate chosen by Mrs. Wang is exactly the same as he was back then.
The same person. This made Jia Zheng feel that Mrs. Wang and he had some spiritual connection at this point.
And in Jia Zheng's view, being able to become in-laws with Li Shouzhong, the Imperial Academy's Jijiu, is still something to show off. What's more, Li Shouzhong, the Imperial Academy's Jijiu, has disciples all over the world. If he becomes his son-in-law, he will also be favored in his career in the future.
Thank you for taking care of him. In the future, Jia Zhu will not be able to take the imperial examination and become an official. With his father-in-law, his official career will not be too difficult. After all, many literati will not
It was too difficult for him.
So the marriage was decided, but if you want to get married, you have to wait for Jia Ke to come back. After all, in feudal society, there is an order of growth and development. Although Jia Zhu is the legitimate son, Jia Ke's status is different now, so the Rongguo Mansion decided to wait
After Jia Ke came back to get married, he married Jia Zhu again.
Next, another little life was born in Rongguo Mansion. Aunt Zhao gave Jia Zheng a daughter, and Jia Zheng named her Jia Tanchun, in response to the name Yuanchun and Yingchun.
Jia Baoyu, the protagonist of Red Mansion, is now a living treasure in Rongguo Mansion. Jia's mother has doted on her, and Jia Yuanchun, who became the third prince's concubine, also always takes care of her. Therefore, he is now completely immersed in the world of mortals.
Can't extricate myself.
But the biggest change happened on the grassland. Alsileng Khan was worthy of being a hero. He relied on Lao Khan's many years of management in the Western Regions and was not lacking in all kinds of materials. After three years of war, he actually
He gradually flattened all the tribes on the grassland, and now he has completely unified the grassland. There are now no less than 500,000 soldiers under his command, and he has put down the rebellion in the Western Region and repelled the attack of the black-clothed food.
Now it has expanded to the west for two to three thousand miles.
Now, to put it bluntly, the empire under Alslenk Khan has become the overlord across Europe and Asia. The only one in the world that can compete with him today is the Central Plains Dynasty. But Alslenkhan has a fatal weakness,
That is, the total population of the Tatars under his command is only five to six million. With such a small population to control such a large empire, it will collapse sooner or later. As long as he suffers a major defeat, other ethnic groups will rise up to resist. Then
That's when his empire collapsed.
Now that the princes in the court heard the news, they all regretted it. Especially the emperor threw his brush in the hall and cursed the three university students in the study room regardless of their image. And the three university students were
Due to poor calculation this time, there was a new enemy in the Central Plains, so he did not dare to refute the emperor's curse.
But regretting was of no use, so the emperor could only issue an edict to the nine sides, requiring strict defense everywhere and not giving the Tatars any opportunity to take advantage of them.
However, Jia Ke believes that it is no longer possible. Alslen Khan will definitely invade the south this year, and this time will be the real test for the imperial court.
At the same time, it is also a good time for Jia Ke to get promoted and make a fortune. The current Jia Ke is different from when he first came to Xuanfu Town. At this time, he has strong soldiers and horses, and he has the ability to fight the Tatars to the death. What he is waiting for now is an opportunity, an opportunity.
A chance for him to soar into the sky.
This opportunity came soon. Tang Kuai found out from the grassland that Alsileng Khan had recruited cavalry from various grassland departments this summer. Now a steady stream of cavalry has gathered north of Gubeikou, and their movements are unknown.
After Jia Ke got the news, he looked at the map and understood what Alsileng Khan had planned. This was because Alsileng Khan was afraid of Jia Ke's power in Xuanfu Town and the power of the Manchu Eight Banners' hundreds of thousands of cavalry.
Therefore, to avoid the truth, we must enter the pass through Gubeikou, then go straight into Miyun, and finally go straight to the capital. Even if the capital cannot be captured, we can still plunder the bustling capital near the city.
However, Jia Ke, who received the news, did not report it. Firstly, it was difficult for him to explain the source of his information. Secondly, he wanted to take action at a critical moment to gain greater military success.
The autumn of this year came soon, and Xuanfu Town was still extremely peaceful. In recent years, a peaceful life has become everyone's habit. Since Jia Ke became the Jiedushi, the Tatars no longer dare to visit Xuanfu.
The town invaded southward. Unlike other places in Jiubian, although there was no large-scale attack, small-scale harassment never stopped.
Twenty-year-old Jia Ke has now fully adapted to his high-ranking life. And the three maids in his room have now become his aunts. Jia Ke now likes the ancient system very much. A man with three maids
It is also common to have four wives and concubines.
But before the three of them became concubines, Jia Ke secretly visited Lan Xiang. After that, Lan Xiang prepared shelter soup for herself and the other two new aunts. Whenever Jia Ke rested in their room, the next day
The kitchen will definitely bring a bowl of child-avoiding soup. Both Chuncao and Qiaolian know the rules, so they have no complaints about this. They just want Jia Ke to get married early so that they can have their own children.
The reason why Jia Ke took this approach was that although he was the eldest son of a concubine, he did not want to have an eldest son of a concubine, because he was dealing with a different situation than Rong Guofu. At that time, he was able to become the eldest son of a concubine, firstly because of Jia's mother
I have some feelings for Aunt Zhou, and the second reason is that the most important title in Rongguo Mansion is on the side of the big house. Therefore, there is little threat to the future legitimate son, so Jia Ke's origin is born.
And Jia Ke is now the Marquis of Wuyang, and this title must be inherited by his legitimate son in the future. If there is a concubine's eldest son, Xiao Qiang's disaster will inevitably happen in the future. And Jia Ke has also arranged a way out for the other children, this is
Go to the Eight Banners of the Manchus and become banner leaders. If they are successful in the future, they might even be able to dominate one side.